Pterostylis hians D.L.Jones

Opera house greenhood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pterostylis

Characteristics

Rosette leaves 3–5, round or kidney-shaped, 8–12 x 9–13mm, dark green, margins entire. Flower stem 80–14  tall. Flower erect to obliquely erect, 13–16 x 10–16mm, bright green and white, shiny. Dorsal sepal with short point. Sinus protruding like platform in side view, broad and shallowly curved in front view. Free points 9–1  long, erect. Labellum just protruding above sinus when set, green, 5–5.5 x 2–3mm, blunt.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Known from only single locality, growing in tall forest with shrubby understorey in moist sandy soil.
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Distribution

Pterostylis hians world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:996355-1
WFO ID wfo-0000288501
COL ID 4Q6GG
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pterostylis hians Diplodium hians